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BOTTLING MAGHINE, No. 334,357. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM F. DORFLINGER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BOWLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION fprrning part of Letters' Patent No. 334,357, dated January 12,1886.

Application filed June 29, IESS.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, VILLIAM F. DORFLING- ER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottlirig-I\Iachines, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to machines employed in bottling aerated beverages, and is especially applicable to the use of bottles in which an internal ball-stopper is held up in the neck of the bottle by gaseous pressure from within the bottle.

I will describe in detail a bottling-machine embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a bottling-machine embodying my improvement.' Fig.'2 isv a view of certain parts on an enlarged scale, certain portions being broken away and a cage or bottle-guard employed therein being in a different position from that shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view o'f certain parts, taken on the plane of the dotted line a: x, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the plug of a cock, here shown as provided with a screw-thread socket, a, in a portion, A', thereof, which affords means by which a pump maybe attached to the bottlingmachine. I have shown bolts?) passing through holes in projection b upon the portion A of the plug, by which the plug is secured to a support, B. The plug A has astraight cylindrical portion, C, of less diameter than the portion A thereof. Iassages'or ducts c d extend for a distance through the plug. The passage or duct c opens at one end into the socket a and terminates at the other end in a port, c', at the outside of the portion O of the plug. The passage or duct d communicates at one end with an overtlow-pipe, D, secured upon the portion A of the plug, and terminates at the other end in a port, d', at the outside of the portion O of the plug opposite the port c. The'ports c d are arranged in the direction of the diameterof the plug.

E designates the shell of the plug. As shown, it is cylindrical. It may be turned freely about-'the portion C of the plug. Packing material e, of any suitable kind, is inter- Serial No. 170,096. (No model.)

posed between one end of the shell E and the portion A of the plug. Similar packing material, e', is interposed between the other end of the shell, and a nut, F, screwed upon the screw-threaded outer end of the portion C of the plug. The nutF secures the shell E in position upon the plug. A screw-threaded neck, G, extends from the shell E at right angles to the length thereof. A hollow nut, f, is screwed upon the neck, and secures aring of packingmaterial, f, preferably of indiarubber, upon the end of the neck G. A passage or duct, t(/,extends longitudinally through the neck G. A hole in the packing material f affords communication from the passage or duct g to the external atmosphere. Then the shell E is rotated, the inner end of the pas-l sage or duct g may be brought into coincidence with either ofthe ports c d', as desired.

ArmsHI extend in opposite directions from the'shell E, near the portion A of the plug. These arms are preferably made integral with the shell; but they may be made separately and secured thereto by collars and bolts, or otherwise, if desirable. p

J is a sliding piece or collar upon the arm H, adapted to be moved along thereon, and to be secured in different positions by means of a set-screw, h. An arm, K, is pivotally connected to the collar J by means of a pin or pivot, i, passing through a forked end, j, upon said arm Vand an aperture iu the collar J. The arm K may be swung upon the pin or pivot, i'. A handle, L, is arranged upon the outer end of the arm K. Upon one side of the arm K is a socket, h. (Shown as secured to said arm by screws.) This socket is adapted to receive the bottom of a bottle when the arm K has been swung into a position where the bottle may be received. A bottle placed in the socket k will have its mouth extending into the hollow nut f upon the neck G of the shell, and resting against the packing material f. A iiat spring, M, secured at one end upon the collar J and bearing near the other end upon the arm K, tends to secure the bottle in this position. The arm K thus constitutes a swinging support for the bottle. By adjusting the collar J lengthwise upon the arm H, bottles of different lengths may be accommodated.

N designates a cage or bottle-guard extend- IJO ICI

ing senlicircularly about the bottle. It may be made of wirenetting mounted upon a frame, as is usual. Itis secured by bolts or otherwise to the arm H.

O designates a counterbalanee -weight It is secured by means of a collar, l, and setscrew my upon the arm I. It may be adjusted into different positions upon said arm by means of the set screw m. rlhis counterbalanceweight facilitates the rotation of the shell E and its appurtenances about the plug` A.

Then the bottle is to be illed,the shell E is rotated by means of Ithe handle L and arm K into the position shown in Fig. 2. The passage gis then coincident with the port c, and the liquid readilyiows into the bottle. When the latter is filled, the shell is rotated into the position shown in Fig. 1. The passage g being then coincident with the port d', the ballstopper falls into the mouth of the bottle and closes it, and the surplus liquid passes olf, through the duct d and oveiliow-pipe D.

justably secured thereto, and a swinging support for a bottle, supporting the bottle at its base, pivotally connected to said collar, and

swinging toward and from the axis of the cock7 substantially as specilied.

\VM. F. DORFLINGER.

XVit nesses:

J. ALEX. BROWN, T. HANNAN. 

